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… An editorial warns that the bombardment of Chechnya could ignite a war in the Caucasus.
"Nothing terrible is going on in Grozny," Russia's commander in the North Caucasus tells the NYT.
El País of Spain called Putin's success the "Chechen dividend," a sentiment echoed in Britain's Daily Telegraph , which said that "beyond bellicosity in the Caucasus, Mr Putin has articulated no clear policy."
As Russian bombs once again fall on Chechnya, and Armenia reels from the assassination of seven political leaders, the troubled Caucasus region is back in the news.
Occupied at different times by the Persian, Hun, Roman and Ottoman empires, as well as enjoying infrequent self-rule, the Caucasus was largely conquered in the 19 th century by Russia.